The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-01-27
the oALL OF ABRAHAM.



Gen. 1919; commit verses Is.
I. Now the Lord had said unto Abram: Get
thee out Of thy country, and from thy Kindred.
and from thy fathers house, unto iano 'nss !
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a And WIN bless them shat bless thee, and
cur,e % him thas M % curreth thee; and in thee shah
ali families Of the earth be blessed.
1 30 Abram departed, - the Lord had spoken
unto him, and Lot went with him; and Aoram
seas seventy ana nve years o'o wnen no oopar'-
ca out OF Haran. 60. a.. 10. ..a :.
ana Aoram soos % Ss s,'a,. n's s,,h.tsrcs ,hot
M Oto.9er son, "nu INA ~ .he so,,,s sh"t thew hnd
..esr y, T.ran. and thew want forth TO 10 into
sns lana a ~ Canaan: and into the land OF Canaan
thew came
9, And Abram passed through the land unto
the place Of sichem. unto the plain Of Moreh.
And the Canaanite icds then in the land
.. And the Lord appeared unto Apram, ane
said: Unto tiny seed viii gve .nls ians , ,sa usa
tnere Duiiaea ne ne I'm "i'"r UNIV '"0 A''N' "A0
sPpcarsu ~ alsO ..aa n,u, , .,.roe ,n,o a mount.
.,u or r tha east ~ Rsthei and nitched hi. tent.
Sorino Pethei IN the west. and Hal on the east;
ana there he builded an altar unto the Lord,
and called upon the name Of the Lord.
.. And Abram tourneyed, going on still to.
ward the south.
TIME-This lesson begins b. T. lvSl, ABOUT
427 years after the Hood, the last lesson.
HRONOLoaY-Abraham was born b. =.
1888, two years after Noah's death, and
half between Adam and Christ. he
left his home In Ur b. u l1sb renamed IN
Haran dve years, ana lett Tor canaan b. "
1921.
PLAcEs-Ur OF the Chaldees Either ~
the modern Oorfa (the classic Edessa)
twenty-five miles north OF Harani or (2l
Mugheir, on the west OF the confluence OF
the Tigris with the Euphrates, one hundred
md twenty-five miles north OF the Persian
Gulf, where the Chaldeans first settled.
Hdrom, IN Mesopotamia, on the belik, q
branch OF the Euphrates. II 10 now small
village. Canaan, g. Palestine. Sfcnem'
Snechem, near tne mlooie Oh raiestine, pe-
tween nouns Eoai ana 0ernim wnere
Jesus talked with the woman OF Samaria
about two Thousand years after this.
PERSONS Aoram lhigh fatner), af!er-
wards changed to Aorandm (iather OF
muititude), son OF Ierah' He lived IN MS
native place In Chaldea seventy years; then
hve IN Haran; ana arterwards one nun
dred years, mostly IN canaan; ana died,
b. Y. 1879, aged I!o. odr0n' Aoranam's
vie, and either MS half-sister, or ms niece
on his fathers side, and sister OF Lot, the
same as lscah (Gen. II :29) Lot son OF
Haran, Abraham's eldest brother' and
nearly as old rs his uncle Abraham:
HELPS OVER HARD PLACEs-1. Had said:
before his start from Ur (Acts Z: %; possi-
bly, the call was renewed in Haran. Abra-
ham doubtless was an eminent servant OF
God even then. His family probably pos
sessed the early records Of religion.
APPLIoATIoNs-W A similar command is
virtually given to us. The world around
us lies in wickedness; we are to regard it
as wilderness through which we are pass
ing as strangers and pilgrims to- our
Fathers house.
(2I We know not at first lust where we
are going. when God calls US from tho
world to enter into His service. II is al.
xvavs IN the land which He will shoSv us.
Life and duty and work will unfold them.
selves to us as we obey.
A GRrAr NATION ia one ny of large mum.
bers. I2I of hiph Character. f31 Of great
prosperity and culture: (4) of noble IDEAS,
aims and hopes: (5) of great influence in
blessing others: it,) and all these will be
oulv in a nation which serves and obeys
God. 8. In thee all families BE- blessed. the
Bible. the Christ the preservation of our
rel,Rion. our salvation. we owe to Him i.
yubstance: flocks. cattle, riches. The prom.
ise had already begun to be fulfilled (Gen,
1S:2.) Souls: servants Gen. 14:I4) G.
Plain of Noreh. rather oak, or oak. grove Of
Moreh, near Shechem. 2. And Ms Lord ap.
pearcd: to tell him that he was now in tho
promised land, and to strengthen his faith
when he found the land occupied.
The SEVEN Promises TO ABRAHAM CD To
make him q great nation. (2) To bless
him. (S To make his name great az TO
make him blessing to others. (5) To bless
his friends. (6) To oppose his enemies. az
In him all families Of the earth should DO
blessed.
PROMISES TO Us. ~ Gods promises to
us are Rreat ana precious. ~ iney are
larger ana Iuiler tnan tnose 70 Aoranam.
tS lhey are co"pehsa'lohs ior Cue 'nihss
we are ca,icu 10 toaVe. W Aney are ai-
ways calls uPwaru, 10 Detter tninss' 10
nigner joys 70 larger neias, 70 rioner OK,
periences. (o) Ihey are ior all VINO VIII
receive them.
GOLDEN TEXT WIN o.ess Gnce' anu
make tny name great; ana tnou shait De q
oiessng'-den. E's, ~.
ChNThAL ihUTh-ine Chrisuan NE
Journey from ine worlo oI SIN 70 inc prom
'sed lana OF honness ana heaVen
NEW LEsTAMENr LIGHT On OLD TESLA
MENT IHEnEs-L Soas Gay s.From
wnas ooes zoo caii US, lii COZ o; 1915
ret S:S) 10 wnat does ne call uss Il
Cor. l'S; HaL 1o; o;!Si Epn: S;lo.iS;
RET. l:S, - ny what does he call us'
(Hom. l:6; Rev. Ss:l7; II Cor o:S) Do we
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